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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The new passenger depot OF the W, O. &
w. Il. Il. in Leesburg was formally opened
for business last Saturday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Elgin. Mrs. Rachael Mich
OILS and Mrs. Eliza II. Briscoe, aged respect
lively 81, SIS and 90 years, died recently in
and near Leesburg.
Dir. II. r. Pollard has published letter
to the democrats of King and Queeu, de-
clining TO be s candidate for re election to
the House Of Delegates
Governor Lee has committed the aentence
of death passed upon Peter Slaughter at the
last term Of the County Court of Culpeper
This was doae at the request Of the Judge,
the Commouwealth's Attorney and most of
the jury which convicted Slaughter.
Gov. Lee yesterday received through
Hon John W. Daniel, president of the
Lynchburg Agricultural aud Mechanical
Fair Association. an invitation TO visit
Lynchburg on the occasion Of President
Cleveand's visit 10 that city. about The 10Th
of October. The Governor will accept the
invitation, az he will be returning with Mr.
Cleveland from Atlanta, Ga.
Tuea,iny evening, or the Newport News
and Mississippi Valley Railroad, between
Gordonsvil!c and Charlottesville. one freight
train ran into another, damaging one loco
motive and breaking up considerably five
freight cars. The two freight trains were
proceeding westward, one behind the other.
Luckily, no lives were lost. One or two
persons on the two freight trains suffered
slight in.jl,ies, bnt nothing of n serious ma
mr.
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The Ute Indians.

GLENwooD SPRINGS, Aug. 1S.-The
News' special northern courier has learned
exclusively that the White River Ute In
dams have sent runners to Uncompahghre
camp, the Blackfoot, Sioux, Crow and other
tribes in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana aud
Idaho for aid Colorow knows that he must
fight and that this will be a decisive battle and
that it will end the Indian question forever
He has determined, it is said, to have other
tribes brought into the present difficulty, and
wants to make national one. The runners
are reported to have started for the camps
OF other tribes from Yellow Jacket Pass Oh
Sunday night. Duncan Blair, white
ranchnan who married Ute squaw, and
who is said to bo popular with the Utes, is
alleged to have stated this to be fact.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-h special to the Times
from Omaha says: Regarding the telegram
received from Gov. Adams of Colorado ask
ing for aid in suppressing the Ute outbreak
Gen. Crook said Yesterday that the scene of
the outbreak is not loo ,te1 in his depart
ment, although tho nearest military post,
that of Fort Duchesse, in Utah, is under his
command. While the general has his forces
ut that point as a'so at 3 number OF others,
in readiness 20 move at very short notice,
yet he DOES not feel justified with the infor
nation he he's in taking the initiative, espe-
cially as he has no knowledge as to the
whereabouts of the Indians, and his iufor-
nation as to the damage they have done
is indefinite and unsatisfactory The gener-
al accordingly forwarded a copy of the tele-
gram by wire to Gen. Merritt, commander
of the Department of the Missouri, who has
charge of the troublesome district.
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TELEGRAPaaEC NEWS.
Foreign News.

LONDON, Aug 1S.-The Standard supports
Prince Ferdinand, and reminds him That
the smallest symptom of hesitation or fear
will be fatal. If he continues in his present
course, says The Standard, he may ignore
Russia and count en- the warmest sympathy
of the people of England Austria, Italy and
Germany, though the governments Of those
countries may be compelled to act circum-
specify.
Mr.. Parnell will return from Ireland to
attend the debate on the land bill to night.
The Vienna correspondent OF tho Times
confirms the statement that Lord and Lady
Randolph Churchill arc living in retremen
near Vienna.
Tho Cabinet have decided TO hold an au-
tumn session of Parliament.
The damage caused by yesterdays storm
is very serious. In London three persons
were killed and number OF churches and
houses were struck by lightning. In the
country also there was much destruction OF
property, and many persons are reported 10
have been killed.
HAMBURG, Aug. 1S.-A dispatch to the
Journal from Moscow asserts that General
Tchernaetr will succeed the late NJ Kat,
koff in the editorship of the Moscow Ga
&ciie.
ct. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1S.-The Journal
dc 81. Petersburg says the view taken by the
Berlin North German Gazette of Prince Fer
dinand's manifesto is clear and correct, and
declares tho proclamation to be veritable
act of defiance and an exhortation to Bull.
gaiians to evade all their engagements.
Prince Ferdinand, it says, appears 10 have
realized that his rupture with public rights
is complete and continues precipitately and
blindly 10 his path of adventure.
KIssINGEN, August 1S.-Baron Won LuIz
Bavarian prime minister, and Baron Won
Crailsheim, Bavarian foreign minister, have
paid visit to Prince Bismarck.
On Sept. 90 and Oct. s Prince Bismarck
will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his
assumption Of the Offices of Prus:ian foreign
iuihisler anu IfuEsian prime MINISTER 10
spectively.
Herr Won Gossler, Prussian minister Of
public worship and instruction, has com
missioned Prof. Dondorf, the sculptor, of
Stuttgart, TO make colossal bust of The
chancellor in marble, at the expense OF the
government.
ROME, Aug. Isl is stated that Baron
Blanc, Italian Ambassador at Constantine
pie, viii become Italian Minister of Foreign
affairs. disappointment will be II welcome
one to Germany.
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A Wires DIscovERY.-Dr. William
Crockett dealer ia patent medicines at
Norfolk, after packing up his personal eff.
fects, left on Friday last for Pocomoke CITY
Nd, where he had a good trade and quite a
sum of money due him After his depar.
ture his vile discovered several letters and
notes, written TO him by Miss Bertha
Powell, OF McMasters. near Pocomoke CITY
These letters were filled with loving terms
telling in language unmislakable that tho
doctor was about 10 take unto himself an
other wife, and also indicated that DURING
his former visits to Pocomoke he figured a.
81 single man, and under this Disguise won
the affections of Miss Powell who did not
suspect that he was already married Mrs
Crockett is left in deplorable situation, she
possessing only limited amount of house.
hold furniture and pa feet of q panorama
entitled From the Cradle 10 the Grave or.
The Life of q Drunkard,n left behind 10y her
husband. Crockett married his present
wife in 1882. At one time he held n PCS
ton in the navy yarG, and was a membcr
the. Young Mems Christian Association Let
tiers have been written to the authorities Of
Pocomoke City TO prevent the doctors mar
riage with Miss Powell.
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EssoM WARRINGTON.

Especial Correspondence OF tho Alexa. GAzETTH]
WASHINGTON. D. c.. August Is, 1887.
The President came in from his country
home at his usual hour this morning, and
later in The day had consultation with
such of his cabinet minister's as remain in
the city. II is understood the matters dis
cussef were tho purchase of undue govern
nent bond5, the fishery question, the re-
ported Indian outbreak, and the programme
of the Presidents October trip
Virginians here are laughing at pub
listed letter written hy Mr.. Lindsay, tho re
Gently removed Malone postmaster at
Portsmouth, in which he attributes the pu
rty OF elections in Virginia and the republi
can gains in tho State last year to Mahones
influence, oil Nirsinians knowing that Gen.
eral Mahone has dono mole TO corrupt cleo
tions in his State than ell the other men
there combined, and that the republicans in
the State attribute their gains last year to the
fact that the republican Congressional can
didates were not his favortes and that he
took 20 part in the election.
The new police regulations bore are the
subject Of great complaint. All vehicles 20
ing from vest to east must now drive on
tie south side of Pennsylvania avenue, and
those acing from east to west en- the north
s De, anti 20 Growing rooster is allowed to
live within the city limits.
II is understood at the State Department
that there IS rot the slightest foundation
for any of the numerous reporta to the ef-
feet that this government is taking steps to.
ward acquiring protectorate over the Sand
wich Islands
The frequent accidents on the B. & o.
r. r. are the subject Of general comment
here 10 day, made so By the one Of yester-
day and by tho coroner's inquest on the
body of tho dead engineer that was held this
morning. 1t is stated that fifty accidents
have occurred on the road in forty nine days.
This is the more remarkable in view OF the
fact that formerly the road WAS noted for
the inireGuency OF It's accidents. There ere
60 many accidents on it now that many
timid people ere deferred from riding on it,
and its passenger receipts arc thereby CON-
siderably decreased.
The full length portraits OF the wives OF
Presidents Washington and Hayes are now
on the walls OF the White House. It is pro-
posed that that OF tie wife of President
Cleveland be added 10 them.
Army officers here familiar with Indian
affairs say that if there be any truth in the
kilograms from the West about an outbreak
of the White River Ute Indians. they are
sure it was provoked by some new outrage
on those Indians.
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ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL AssAULT.-Alex-
ander Moses, q negro % years OLD, was yes
terday lodged in Denton, Md, jail, charged
with having attempted criminal assault
upon Mrs. Henrietta Doty. living near
Greensboro, Caroline county. Mrs. Doiy
was in the backyard washing when the ne
gro crept up from behind and dealt her q
blow on the back OF the head with stout
club, ioflicting an ugly though ret serious
wound. Mrs. Doty ran toward the kitchen
door. Her assaisnt tried to detain her, tut
she eluded his grasp, gained the inside and
bolted the door. She then got her bus
bands pistol and opened fire upon the ne
gro, who beat hasty retreat and escaped
uniujuTed. Mrs. Doty gave the alarm, and
several neighbors began hunt for Moses,
who lives on en- adjoining farm. He was
arrested and taken to Mrs Doty's house
and identified by that lady as her assaiIant
He was committed to Jail.
Moses stoully denies the assault, and de.
clares that he does not know Mrs Doty AMI
was never at the house until taken there hv
his captors. Mrs. Doty is about 80 years
old and has three small children.
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The Accident on the Ii. Il o. R. IL.

As stated in yerterdays GAZETTE the
ST. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati express,
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad due
from the West at Washington city at G:20
o'clock yesterday morning, was completely
wrecked on the north branch of the "Y."
about mile distant from the de-
pot Thee is n house where the curve
begins, not more than len feet from the
track. The train darted past this house
and headed around the curve. About fifty
feet from the beginning Of the "Y." stood
the signal tower, and towards this The train
dashed. Quicker that it TAX time to write
it the locomotive sped past the tower, but
the tremendous force of the train parted the
couplings of the cars, and the engine lost its
balance and fell over on its side. The engi,
neer was thrown to the ground and scald
ed to death. Four cars struck the tower
and carried it away as though built of straw.
The fifth car was crushed under the ruins Of
the tower. The two sleepers were not SER
iousy damaged, although thrown from the
track. Three of the cars turned completely
around and faced the corner house, which a
moment before they had passed sideways
The locomotive, one of the largest in the
service OF the company, was torn TO pieces
no phES"Se CARS "ole ueuoiiaheu. ohe oi
the results of the wreck was the mud bath
given to Mrs. Dents house, Delaware
avenue and street. The engine careened
directly alongside the house. AS the engine
fell tho big steam whistle was blown out
and driven into the ground a depth of about
four feet. Tho ground had been literally
watered before the whistle blew cut, and
when the heavy piece Of copper struck.
there went up into tho air thick cloud Of
mud which spent its force upon the rcd
brick house. In a moment the house was
turned to yellow color, just as perfectly as
though it bad been painted with brush.
The hot water was driven into the back
Of the house, and Thomas Dent, IA years old,
who was in bed ut tho time, had his feet
aprinkled with hot water The house was
filed with mud and water.
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Lefter from Fauauier.

ICorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette
MARSHALL, Aug. Ill may interest The
medical readers Of the GAZETTE to be re.
minded of the approaching session of the
International Medical Congress. The first
assemblage of this representative body of
the medical profession of the world was held
in Philadelphia in 1876 on the occasion Of
the great Centennial Exhibition. The doc.
tors of the United States then welcomed for
the first time celebrities from Great Britain,
Europe and other continents, long known
10 them by reputation. Among them were
Lister and Barnes, of London; Prof. Smp
son. of Edinburg, and French and German
physicians of world wide renown. This pres.
ont meeting of this Congress will be in
Washington city, on Monday, September 5.
IL will attract from abroad, and the various
States OF the Union, the elite of the medical
profession, and must contribute to enlarge
not only the bounds of medical and surgical
science, but like international fairs will
strengthen the bonds which unite various
nationalties 10 q common brotherhood. The
congress will be formally opened by Presi
dent Cleveland, to be followed by brief
State. On the evening of the second day n
reception will be given by the President of
The United States and the Corcoran Art
Gallery will be thrown open to the members
and their families. On the third evening q
reception will be given by the citizens of
Washington. Finally, on the sixth day.
after adjournment, members will visit Mt.
Vernon, and on the 10Th an excursion
train will leave Washington with the for
eign members and their families for Niagara
Fnlls. This programme will make coun-
try doctor long TO be of the party. Let us
hope that tho general reader of the GAZETTE
who may have required the services of NJ.
D's during the late hot spell will excuse
this extended notice, more appropriate for
the columns of medical journal.
Asmentoned in former letter, we have had
some sickness here. One fatal case oftyphoid
fever has occurred in Marshall, and fourteen
cases of the disease have been reported at
The Plains. 1t would be wise precaulion
for our citizens to look to the ventilation of
their cellars AID to have the drinking water
from wells and cisterns to be pure. This
fever is considered by the faculty to be due
to germ origin. The experience OF the citi
zens of Memphis, Tenn, has proved that
since the discontinuance of cisterns and
wells in that city containing impure water
all kinds of fevers have almost disappeared.
The details of the late Good Templar
bush meeting near Marshall have already
been furnished your readers. As usual, the
meeting was success, and it ia probable
that in the near future Virginians will find
the prohibition Of the liquor traffic TO be to
their advantage. 81.
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Baptist notwithstanding on n
Eday Fork. tSe.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazctte.)

Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazctte.l
WOOD sILLE, Va, August 17.--Tho Baptist As
ISOLATION for the counties of Culpepcr, Orange
Madison and Rappahannock will meet at Lebanon
Church, one mile south of this place, beginning
tho Both instant aud continue four days. This is
the first time the association HIS met at this point
since 1916.
Ono of tho most peculiar and unusual of acct
dents happened TO young James Quaintance, a
farmer in the Slate Mills neighborhood few
days ago. He had just finished topping off a
stack of hay. and there being no ladder slid down
the side TO the ground. In doing so he struck the
sharp pointed handle of wooden hay fork used
| in making hay and pointed for sticking in the
ground for convenience. This point entered the
left side Of tho groin, slipping over the pevis,
and by the force of tho impetus and his weight of
moro than 200 lbs was driven up as far as tho
nipple, distance of two feet. 1t passed between
the ribs and the skin and only stopped when his
feet struck the ground. The handle Of the rake
is more than inch in diameter, and there being no
one with him, Mr.. Quaintance, with great nerve,
undertook to extract the unwieldy instrument
After long and painful trial he succeeded in
freeing himself and then walked to his homo. a
quarter OF mile off. His physician says no vital
part was injured and that he will recover.
Tho house OF Thomas Whalen, constable, was
burned few days ago, and but little in it saved
This is peculiarly a sad case and calls for more
than pity at the hands of our people. He lost
leg when young, has nine small children and
nothing but his own efforts to depend upon
Frank Eastman, one of the old residents of this
county, died at his homo a few days ago. He was
well known and greatly respected. He was SUBJ
stantia farmer and raised a large family.
We arc wanting rain badly, and without it soon
the corn will be much injured. B.
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MEMS a,E E,rsE ssAY.

The Hartman Touring mill, at Wheeling
w. Va, was destroyed by fire yesterday
loss $4,000
Some OF The Uaited States Treasury Of
fcals arc anxious for a readjusmeut of sal
aries in that department.
Rev. George Fitzhugh Worthington, a
well-known Episcopal clergyman, died on
Tuesday evening in Baltimore
Richard Bean, herdic driver of Boston,
his brother, a hackman. and sister have
fallen heirs to ~ fortune of ten millions.
The Pennsylvania republican convention,
which met al Harrisburg yesterday, in
dorsed Mr.. Blaine for the presidential can
didate in 1883.
The property of the .iefnGct National
Opera Company was sold in Jersey City yes
terday under attachment levied by Mrs.
Thurber for S57 $50 67. The property was
valued al Sl15 900.
The annual report of the Postmaster Gen.
erals Office shows that out of 5,l57 offices
in the country On July 1st, the number OF
oppointees as postmasters in the last three
! eais has been 1888.
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DasIlcdInfo n Meadow.

WooNsocKET, R. l., Aus. 1S.-As the
"Rawhids" freight on the Milford Branch OF
the Boston and Albany railroad due at Milford
at midnight, was approaching the terminus OF
the rails in Milford, Mass, the brakes did not
work. The engine was running such force
that the end OF the rails was cleared and a
motive sank deep into the earth. Engineer
Croft was thrown from The cab and serious
ly Toured. One brakeman had beth legs
broken
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-18

THE SOLAR ECLIPSE To- MORROW. -Duiiug
the total solar eclipse to morrow the moons
shadow will sweep over Germany and Rus
STA passing near Moscow, Siberia by
Tobolsk and Nertschinsk. traversiDg Lake
Bskal). and so onward to Japan and the
North Pacific. where it leaves the earth
Many American, English and Continental
observers will study the phenomena of The
eclipse in the neishborhood of Moscow,
others near Tobolsk, and at least one Amer
lean party il Japan.
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Too Great Speed.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-The coroner's
jury in the case OF Hamilton Brosius, the en-
gineer killed at the accident at the ny, ;" on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yes
terday in this city, met this morn.
ing and rendered the following verdict
That the deceased came to his death from
injuries received ut the accident. which was
caused by the great speed with which the
trains habitually enter the city, especially
the speed maintained at the "Y which TIE
railroad company must know to be n dan
p3rOns sDot
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srANLEY.-A London dispatch says: Neither
the foreign off the Emin Boy relief COM
mittec has received shy news regarding the al
legged massacre of Henry III. Stanley. The officials
at the foreign Office surprised at the intell-
geuce in the dispatch received by the French
government, and say that if nows of Stanley
death had boen received at Zanzibar the British
cent tberc had failed To send it. Sir Francis dc
Winton president of the Emin Boy relief COM
mittee. says that trustworthy ncws of the Stanley
expedition could not possibly have arrived at Z4n-
zibar so soon after The arrival of the expedition
Aruwim, on June II.
dispatch from Brussels says: AT the Offices
Of the Congo Free State Association in this city
and in other well informed circles here the report
that Stanley murdered is diScreditod.'
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TnE PoroMAc BAPTIST ASSOCIATION met

The PoToMAc BAPTIST ASSOCIATION met
in Leesburg Wednesday. The association
was welcomed by Jno. Fl. Alexander in be
half of the church. He was responded to
OH the part of the association by W. F. Dun
away. DR.. Lake was then elected moder
ator The Introductory sermon was preach.
ed by Rev. Fleet III. James. The association
has for lis territory the counties of Lou
doun, Fauquier. Prince William, Fairfax
and Alexandria 1t is composed of dele
gates from 45 churches. There are in this
association twenty three ministers In the
forty five churches, according to the report
of last year. there were 3.432 members.
There are in the State twenty three ofthese
district associations aud these district asso-
Citations compose the Baptist General Asso
citation OF Virginia, which numbers 755
churches and 81. 100 members.
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Jumped the Track.

PrTsBuRG, August lS.-The Chicago ex
press on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Rail
road, which left Chicago yesterday after
noon, jumped the track at Bayard Station
near Alliance, Ohio, at o'clock this morn
ing, wrecking one sleeper. One person was
killed and three seriously injured. Among
The injured is George d. Lawson, of Wash.
inston, ID. c..
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THERE is hardly an eXCongressman from
Virginia whose congressional record is more
unsatisfactory to the right thinking people
OF his State than General Mahone's. The
General has recently attempted to make
personal capital by publishing the congress
sional record of some of Virgnia's congress-
men and ex congressman. Turn about is
always fair play. The democrats should
now publish the Generals congressional re-.
cord, and in it should not overlook the fact
that it was by his one single vote that the
proposition to repeal the statute prohibiting
OK Confederates from holding commissions
in the army was defeated. Bruce at first
fought against his own country. He was
made to realize his baseness one day after
battle while eating with blood spots on
his hands, by hearing an English officer
whisper to comrade, Look ut that fellow
eating his own blood" There were repub-
lican Senators who voted for the repeal, but
the fact that they looked at the General with
mute surprise when no voted against it,
though their looks distinctly implied as
much as tho whisper OF the Englishman
referred to, had n apparent effect upon him
But the comparison is odious. Hyperion
Tn Satvr
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unite0 labor Convention.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. lS.-The united
labor convention assembled at 1880 this
morning, ana the committee on credentials
made its report. The committee had been
in session all night and had had lively
lime. In almost all cases they reported in
favor of the sitting delegates. This shows
that the socialist element was received with
little favor by the committee